The world is changing quickly. Hold on. Nothing is certain. Nothing can be relied upon. Except the annual MardiGrass Comedy Show, which always has, and always will, dish up dollops of laughter (the best medicine) on the MardiGrass Saturday night.
This year that night is May 3, at Nimbin Town Hall, at 8pm. (Everybody welcome. It’s cheap as.)
Another reassuring unchanging thing? The hosts, Alan Glover and S Sorrensen, well know for being well known, older but bolder, greyer but greener, angrier but funnier. This year, the dopey duo presents comedians Ting Lim and Greg Sullivan.
Ting Lim’s dry sarcastic observations have endeared her to audiences since she represented Queensland in the Melbourne International RAW comedy competition. Since then, she has toured sold-out comedy shows across Australia. And she’s a hard-working funnyist: In 2024, she performed at the Perth Fringe World, Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, culminating in a sold-out Brisbane Comedy Festival show. Ting has just filmed her debut stand-up special with director Jim Hare. And now, her comedy climax – the MardiGrass Medicinal Comedy Show! As Kitty Flannagan described her: “Funny and just a little bit scary … in a good way.”
And then there’s Greg. Greg Sullivan, dear mate to Alan and S, is one of their favourite comedians. They’re very excited that he’s returning to the MardiGrass Medicinal Comedy Show. Since first performing in Nimbin in the 90s as a teenager, Greg has performed in China, Los Angeles and Casino. He lived with his children in the Northern Rivers for 10 years before going back on the road full-time in 2023. He has written and performed for TV, film and radio, but he has a special fondness for the Nimbin School of the Arts (Town Hall) – and MardiGrass in particular. Some of his fondest memories are in that building and that festival. He hopes one day they’ll return to him.
So, there ya go, folks. An invigorating one and a half hours of funny stuff on Saturday, May 3, at 8pm, in the Nimbin School of Arts, to help you make sense of a senseless world.
See ya there!
Putin and Trump
Ting Lim: “Ting as a stand-up is the best Ting ever.” – Jimeoin
Greg Sullivan: “Yeah, no, good.” – Greg Sullivan
